Tech Mahindra to woo Satyam's Oz clients

Melbourne, Jun 25: Tech Mahindra, which took over scandal hit Satyam Computer Services, will hold high-level talks with key Australian corporate clients of the troubled IT firm in a bid to salvage the reputation of the company.

Tech Mahindra executive vice-chairman, Vineet Nayyar will be meeting next week to spread Satyam's new identity after it was renamed Mahindra Satyam, and try to regain its standing with the National Australian Bank (NAB) and clients such as Qantas and Suncorp.

Satyam continues to provide application development and IT maintenance services to the NAB. "We still have a relationship with Satyam, but we haven't committed to anything further with them," NAB group business services chief Gavin Slater said.

"We've been monitoring the situation closely and Satyam has been meeting all the service-level agreements that have been in place," he added.

Slater confirmed he would be in talks with Nayyar, who will be in Melbourne and Sydney as part of a three-day visit. "As you would expect, they're very keen to continue the relationship with the NAB," Slater said.

He also said that the talks would not result in specific decisions. "We'll make any decisions (regarding Mahindra Satyam) in the future as we see fit," he added.

ANI